B I RDS — FRINGILLIDAE — SPIZELL A. 80CIALIS. 



473 



SriZKLLA PUSILLA, B o n a p . 



Field Sparrow. 



Fringilla pusitla, Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 121 ; pi. xvi, f. 2.— Liciix. Vorzoiclin. Doubl. 1823, No. 252.— Auo. 



Oro. Biog. II, 1834,299; pi. 139. 

 Spiz'lla pusilh, Bonap. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspoc. 1850,480. 

 Emberiza puiitla, ArD. Syn. 1839, 104.— 1b. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 77; pi. 1G4. 

 Spiiiiirs piuri/ZuJ, Cab. Mus. Uciii. 1851, 133. 

 Fringilla juiuonim, Nutt. Man. I, 1832, 499; 2d od. 1840, 577. (Supposed by him to be jMotacilla juncorum, 



Gmelin, I, 952; Sylvia juncorum, L.\tham, Ind. 11, 511 ; I.itlle Brown Sparrotu, Catesby, 



Car. I, 35.) 



Sp. Cii. — Dill red. Crown continuous rufous rod. Back somewhat similar, streaked with blackish. Sides of head and neck 

 (including a superciliary stripe) ashy. Ear coverts rufous. Beneath white, tinged with yellowiifh anteriorly. Tail featfiers and 

 quills faintly edged with white. Two white bands across the wing coverts. Length, about 5.75 ; wing, 2.34. 



Ilab. — Eastern North .Vmerica to the Missouri river. 



This species is about the size of jS". aocialis, but is more rufous above ; lacks the black forehead 

 and eye stripe ; has chestnut ears instead of ash ; has the bill red instead of black ; lacks the 

 clear ash of the rump ; has a longer tail, &c. It is more like monticola, but is much smaller; 

 lacks the spot on the breast, and the predominance of white on the wings, &c. The young have 

 the breast and sides streaked. 



Although it is quite possible that the " little brown sparrow," of Catesby, refers to the 

 present bird, yet "small sparrow, entirely brown," is scarcely a sufficient diagnosis upon 

 ■which to found a species. 



List of specimens. 



CauU 



No. 



436 



1378 



m* 



1374 

 730 

 10I3I 

 1592 

 8234 

 4803 

 4«00 

 4801 

 6413 

 MI3 



Sex. 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



Q 



9 

 S 

 Q 



Carlisle, Pa May 31, 1841 



do ' April 2-J, 1844 



do Oct. 20,1642 



do April 19, 1644 



do Sept. 20, 1842 



Washington 



Boston, Ma^s 



Independence, Mo June 6,1857 



Fort Leavenworth , April 21, IS.^ 



Big Siom river, Neb j May 3, 1856 



.... do ' May 24, 1856 



Fort Lookout, Neb | June 21, 1856 



Knife river, Ncli Sept.—, 1856 



Whence obtained. 



Orig'l 

 No. 



Collected by- 



S. F. Baird . 

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.do.. 



.do.. 



do 



J. C. McQuire... 



S. F. Baird 



W. M. Magraw... 

 Lt. G. K. Warren. 

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.do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 



T. M. Brewer. 

 Dr. Cooper ... 

 Dr. Hayden... 

 do 



...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



Length. 



Stretch Wing, 

 ofwings. 



5.25 

 5.17 

 5.25 

 5.75 

 5.25 



5.75 



5.87 

 5.50 

 5..'i0 

 5.25 



Remarks. 



8.00 

 7.75 

 7.75 

 8.17 

 7.50 



3.33 

 2.42 

 2.33 



8.50 



8.25 

 8.12 

 8.00 

 8.50 



2.75 



2.75 

 2.50 

 2.75 

 2.73 



Eyes dark . 



Eye black (?) 



SPIZELLA SOCIALIS, Bo nap. 



Chipping Sparrow. 



Fringilla socialis, Wilso.v, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 127; pi. xvi, f. 5.— Aid. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 21 : V, 517 ; pi. 104. 



Spi:e{fa sociaiu, Bon. List, 1838. — Is. Conspectus, 1850, 480. 



En\btTiza aoci<dia. Aid. Syn. 1R39.— 1b. Birds Amer. HI, 1841, 80 ; pi. 165. 



SpiniUi soeialis, Cabanis, Mus. Hcin. 1851, 133. (Type.) 



Sp. Cii. — Rump, back of neck, and sides of neck and head, ashy. Interscapular region with black streaks, margined with 

 pale rufous. Crown continuous and uniform chestnut. Forehead black, separated in the middle by white. A white streak 

 over the eye, and a black ono from the base of the bill through and behind the eye. Under parts unspotted whitish, tim'cd 

 with ashy, especially across the upper breast. Tail feathers and primaries edged with paler, not white. Two narrow white 

 bands across the wing coverts. Bill black. Length, 5.75 ; wing, nearlj' 3.00. 

 Hab. — North America, from Atlantic to Pacific. 

 June 17, 1858. 



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